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Update: Sailor convicted of hacking websites from aboard aircraft carrier

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Dissent

Sean Gallagher reports: A 27-year old now-former sailor pleaded guilty in a federal court in Tulsa, Oklahoma on May 20 to charges of conspiracy after leading a band of hackers in the US and Canada from onboard an aircraft carrier. Nicholas Paul Knight, who was the system administrator for the USS Harry S. Truman’s nuclear reactors department, was…

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Former Subway franchise owner admits to POS hacking

Posted on May 17, 2014 by Dissent

There’s an update to a Subway breach previously reported here.  Jeremy Kirk reports: A former owner of several Subway fast-food restaurants in southern California pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges stemming from a gift card scheme that involved tampering with several other Subway stores’ computerized cash registers. Federal prosecutors accused Shahin Abdollahi, 46, of Lake Elsinore, California,…

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Employees steal data to make good impression in a new job

Posted on May 17, 2014 by Dissent

ALex Hamilton reports: Almost all employees that steal data from their companies do so in order to gain headway in their new job. An overwhelming 95 per cent of all the internal data theft is carried out by an employee who wants to get an advantage once they’ve left the firm, according to a report…

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FL: Fast-food customers victimized by ID theft, Coral Springs police say

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Dissent

Another case of a McDonald’s employee using a skimmer to swipe customers’ payment card data. Erika Pesantes reports that the employee was recruited via social media, and the recruiter was nabbed via social media: Police say a North Lauderdale man used social media to recruit the restaurant worker to steal financial information using a skimming device. Adrian…

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SD: Student charged with hacking into Catholic high school’s network

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Dissent

A 17-year-old student has been charged with hacking into a high school’s computer network, causing the system to shut down, police said. The teenage boy has been charged with felony intentional damage to property after hacking into O’Gorman High School‘s computer network Thursday morning. He was arrested that afternoon, police said. Read more on Argus…

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Former Fort Campbell assistant IG pleads guilty to ID theft, bank fraud

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Dissent

Tavia D. Green reports: A Fort Campbell active duty officer entered a guilty plea to stealing the identity of other soldiers, applying for loans and using the money for his personal benefit. James Robert Jones, 43, of Woodlawn, Tennessee pleaded guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court Judge Aleta A. Trauger‘s court in connection with a scheme…

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